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2021 - 2022 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CORE 463 - Innovation and Invention
Prerequisites: Core seminar, required for graduation CORE 101 through CORE 105 and at least sixth semester standing
This course explores the patterns and processes of innovation that humans have developed to transform existing ideas into new ones. Over the course of the semester, students will investigate theories, techniques, and stories of innovation from across the disciplines; consider ethical questions surrounding innovation; and learn how to employ strategies of invention to develop new ideas, create new things, and respond in new ways to complex contemporary problems.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CORE 465 - Beyond Belief: Science and Religion in America
Delivery: Other
The science versus religion narrative is popular among commentators on science and religion, but the relationship between science and religion is more complex than headlines of conflict and competition. This course explores the relationship between science and religion in America in broad terms. Topics include the role of science and religion in the life of the individual and in society, the history of the interaction between science and society and what influences have shaped that interaction. We will also examine what is it that scientists and religious practitioners are doing, and if it differs from what they often think they are doing. We will examine the characteristics of a “good” or “convincing” argument and how scientific and religious themes have been appropriated for political ends. We will use current events as case studies to demonstrate the intersection between science and religion.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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CORE 468 - Language and Society
Prerequisites: Core 101-105 and at least sixth semester standing
Delivery: Other
This course will examine language usage from a wide range of the human experience, including science, history, psychology, sociology, politics, business, media, philosophy, literature, and art. Language is like air and water - essential for human life, but, because it’s all around us all the time, people tend to take it for granted, until its well being is threatened. So, humans must be thoughtful and ethical users and caretakers of language. Three core questions serve as the foundation and guide for the course: Who am I? What can I know? Based on what I can know, how shall I live?
3 credits
Special Offerings
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CORE 469 - Great Powers and Great Responsibilities: Superheroes, Politics, Society and Identity
Prerequisites: Core 101-105 and at least sixth semester standing
Delivery: Other
In this course students will engage with primary superhero/graphic novel texts and secondary critical theory drawn from the fields of psychoanalysis, film studies, philosophy, queer theory, critical race theory, feminist theory, science, aesthetics, religion and politics to explore distinct superhero identities that reflect certain marginalized groups and notions of “other” and understand the many ways in which the genre spills into several academic fields of study.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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CORE 470 - Ambiguous Other: Looking at the West as it Looks East
Prerequisites: Core 101-Core 105 and at least sixth semester standing.
Delivery: Other
Why are yoga and meditation so much more popular in the United States than in Asian countries where they are supposed to come from? Why are American insurers so reluctant to provide adequate coverage for those seeking alternative treatment in traditional Chinese medicine, which has been a predominant medical practice for over 3000 years? Why is the contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei so popular in the West? Through the exploration of questions like these, students will gain perspective on how, as literary and cultural critic Edward Said proposed in his Orientalism, the West’s perceptions of the East reflect its own desires, fears, and interests. Building upon the foundation of the five interdisciplinary Core courses, this class connects between science, history, human behavior, aesthetics, and philosophy and literature to create better understandings of both Asia, the ambiguous Other, and us, the West.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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CORE 471 - Paths to Enlightenment: From Alchemy to Zen
Prerequisites: Core 101-105 and at least sixth semester standing
Delivery: Other
The quest for what is transcendent and eternal is paradoxically grounded in specifics of place, time, and ways of seeing: This course is a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural exploration of the ways people have defined and sought enlightenment throughout history. Our inquiry will be grounded in philosophy and structured by a challenge to the hyper-rational historical period that takes the name “The Enlightenment”: we’ll read science, scripture, and literature; we’ll listen to sacred and psychedelic music and look at visual and visionary expressions of human perfectability and the sacred. Seminar participants will study and creatively engage central texts that seek to define and model the concept of enlightenment as it shifts through multiple perspectives; they will talk over, present on, and write about these perspectives in a small seminar format where they will have the opportunity to focus on their own interests and receive substantive feedback from peers and the instructor. Students will have opportunities for hands-on experiences with astronomy, meditation, and art.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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CORE 472 - War Propaganda
Prerequisites: Core 101-105 and at least sixth semester standing.
Delivery: Other
This course will investigate the use of propaganda in global mass communication, emphasizing its usage in creating and sustaining public support for war. The students will research and analyze governmental and private enterprise sponsored use of propaganda in various forms of mass communication such as public speeches, print art, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, digital media, and the internet. This course builds upon the foundation of the five interdisciplinary Core courses making connections between the domains of science, history, human behavior, aesthetics, and philosophy and literature towards a better understanding of the socio-cultural relationships between making war and public perception.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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CORE 475 - Beer Culture
Prerequisites: Core 101-105 and at least sixth semester standing. Must be 21 years of age to participate.
Delivery: Other
More than 4000 years before the Common Era, Babylonians were devising recipes for making beer. Since then, evidence exists that the fermenting of grains has occurred on every continent. From Ancient Egyptians to Asiatic peoples, from Assyrian to Incan cultures, from southern Africa to northern Europe, beer has served as nourishment, social lubricant, currency, product of trade, and a source of tax revenue. Through visits to world famous breweries, interaction with professional brewers, trips to farm and field harvesting sites, historical consumption locations and museums, along with hands-on lab activities to produce and sample beers, this course examines four specific aspects of this essential product: the chemistry of beer, the craft of beer, the cultural role of beer, and the industry of beer production.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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CORE 476 - Composing a Life
Prerequisites: Core 101-105 and at least sixth semester standing.
Requirement Fulfillment: N/A
Delivery: Other
Graduation from college comes with both advantage and an array of ethical and moral responsibilities to self and the global society. This Core Curriculum Capstone course offers students opportunity to examine these advantages and responsibilities across disciplines and through a variety of theoretical frameworks and modes of expression. Utilizing literature, the arts, and other textual and non-textual modes of expression students will reflect on, and investigate, new possibilities in order to realize the promises of interdisciplinary models as a way to address the continuities and discontinuities of life. Students can expect to read, write, converse, lead presentations and reflect on the wide range of interpretations found in selected essays, novels, contemporary issues, and activist models, within the arts and sciences. Selections will include the essays of Mary Catherine Bateson, Ann Gibson Winfield, Ta-Nehisi Coates, David Brooks, and Laurie Ann Thompson, the novels of Jesmyn Ward, Puccini’s final opera, Turandot, the art collection at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCa) and the activism of Appalshop.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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CORE 477 - Food Matters: The Politics and Pleasures of Food and Drink
Prerequisites: Fulfill the CORE.101 requirement - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
Fulfill the CORE.102 requirement - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
Fulfill the CORE.103 requirement - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
Fulfill the CORE.104 requirement - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
Fulfill the CORE.105 requirement - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
Requirement Fulfillment: N/A
Delivery: Other
Food fulfills the basic human need of sustaining life. Each aspect of food-its production, distribution, preparation and consumption-plays a role in defining who we are and how we relate to our planet and the creatures that share it with us. Food traditions across the world define our identity, connect families, support economies and
depend on a healthy planet for a sustainable life. This course explores how food makes us as we make it. The study of food will help us to begin to develop our own ethics of eating and drinking by looking at its effect on our health, various cultural and ethnic identities, and its effect on the environment. And, of course, we will explore how food
and drink are also capable of giving us great pleasure! Food Matters explores our multifaceted and sometimes conflicted relationship with food and drink. As a subject often “to the side” of traditional academia (although this is changing), food avoids the strictures of traditional disciplines, cutting across ethical, symbolic, aesthetic, scientific and
economic categories. Study the global food system through particular topics such as the ethics of eating animals, whether food is a human right, how we are manipulated by foodcorp orations, as well if agricultural subsidies are just and fair….and, what is taste
anyway?
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Minimum Passing Grade: D- Repeatable for credit: no
3 credits
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CORE 478 - The Secret Life of Numbers
Prerequisites: CORE 101 through CORE 105 and at least sixth semester standing
Requirement Fulfillment: N/A
Delivery: Other
Q. Why was 6 afraid of 7? A. Because 7 8 9. While numbers often seem like facts, what we believe about them - and even the way we feel about them - can have an enormous influence on the ways they affect our lives. This is not a course in mathematics; it is an exploration of what numbers mean to us - and have meant in the past - beyond their abstract arithmetic values. Students will investigate, discuss, and analyze ways we use numbers as symbols, in belief systems, in play, to define ourselves and others, and to make sense of the world. Graphic journaling and a creative final project will help students synthesize and evaluate course material. Some topics will include ID numbers, Fibonacci numbers, lucky numbers, IQ, millennialism, numerology, the I Ching, the physics of music and art, and the measurement of time.
Minimum Passing Grade: D-
3 credits
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CORE 479 - Money and its Influence on Society, Culture and the European Union
Prerequisites: Completion of all skills and the five-course Interdisciplinary CORE requirements; at least sixth semester standing.
Requirement Fulfillment: N/A
Delivery: Other
Money is a powerful force. It is the foundation of the world’s financial system and fuels the world economy This course will take an expansive look at money throughout history and will examine its powerful influence on the arts, culture, religion, crime, politics and the individual psyche. It will look at the role of banks, taxes and trade from Ancient Rome to the Renaissance to modern day. The course will conclude by considering the Euro and the psychological impact of changing the currency of a country, the future of digital money and the feasibility of a global currency.
Minimum Passing Grade: D-
3 credits
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CORE 481 - Dogs, Dogs, Dogs
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Completion of all skills and the five-course Interdisciplinary CORE requirements; at least sixth semester standing.
Requirement Fulfillment: N/A
Delivery: Other
FROM ARGOS TO ASTRO: DOGS THEN, NOW & NEXT
From Odysseus’ dog Argos who waited 20 years for Odysseus’ return before dying on the front porch, to Snoopy who philosophized, wrote novels and fought the Red Baron from the roof of his doghouse, to the Jetsons’ Astro, from wolves to best friends, dogs figure prominently in human history and culture. This course starts at the beginning with wolves and domestication and moves through to the future-robot dogs?!-while considering ethical, scientific, psychological, sociological, political, philosophical, and aesthetic questions through issues such as breeding, shelters, training, service dogs/sport dogs/show dogs/household companions, cultural representations, social media, the dog industry, etc. The course will be all dogs, all the time.
3 credits
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CORE 482 - From Album to Zine: Books in Contemporary Culture
Prerequisites: Completion of all skills and the five-course Interdisciplinary CORE requirements; at least sixth semester standing.
Requirement Fulfillment: N/A
Delivery: Other
This course is about books, the most enduring form of inquiry and artistic expression. We will examine the book as object, as content, as idea and as interface. Through research, discussion, site visits and making we will explore the importance of books in our culture; their use, meaning and construction. We will look at the impact and form of books through history, how they shape culture, help us read & reinvent histories. Texts about books and book forms will help students consider their influence upon human behavior, scientific understanding, and the development of lit- erature and philosophy. Throughout the course, there will be student prsentations and demonstrations, class discussions, experiential projects and readings. Students will consider the book as a field for creative composition, interpretation and expression and create content for their own books. Visits to the Fleet Library, the Providence Atheneum Special Collections, the Providence Public Library may be included in this course.
3 credits
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CORE 490 - Music, Wine, Coffee and Food: The Italian Artistic Impulse
Prerequisites: CORE 101 through CORE 105 requirements completed and at least in the sixth semester standing.
Delivery: Lecture
An immersive, hands-on, active learning study abroad program, we will travel to two cities in northern Italy: Alba and Venice, spanning a period of nearly three weeks. This course investigates the intersecting histories and methodology as found in the domains of music, wine, coffee, and food; most specifically as it relates to Italian culture and, and more broadly, the relationship and impact on western history. As part of our interrogation, we will visit manty important historical and cultural sites, engage with the musicians and composers of our time by attending musical events (concerts, lectures, masterclasses) as part of the Alba Music Festival, and explore the history and tradition of winemaking, food-culture, and coffee-culture as we find in northern Italy through visits to wineries, restaurants, and cafes. The promotional course website may be found here: https://rwualbavenice.weebly.com/
3 credits
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Creative Writing |
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CW 110 - Form in Poetry
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills requirement in the CW major, minor, and core concentration.
Delivery: Lec/Lab
This foundation course is a critical and creative study of the notion of form in poetry, including essential received forms and the presence of form as evidenced in more nuanced aspects of patterns and shifts. Readings will include some of the oldest poems we know, some of the most recently published, and much in-between. The class provides an introduction to the studio experience.
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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CW 120 - Narrative in Prose
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills requirement in the CW major, minor, and concentration.
Delivery: Lec/Lab
This foundation course is a critical study of the elements of narrative structure and design in the short story, such as character development, point of view, tone, setting, plotting, and time management. Through both seminars and writing workshops, the class combines the critical study of published writing and the development of student work to learn how narrative not only affects the short story, but becomes the short story. Students will be exposed to essential works by writers such as, James Baldwin, Raymond Carver, Anton Chekhov, Tim O’Brien, Flannery O’Conner, John Updike, and Alice Walker. Creative expectations are no more than two revised short stories that fully reflect the focused study of the course. Minimum Passing Grade: N/A
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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CW 210 - Reading as Writers/Poetry
Prerequisites: CW 110 or instructor permission
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills requirement in the major and the minorLiterature Elective
Delivery: Lec/Lab
Primarily seminar with some studio
This course approaches literary influence, tradition, form, and design from the careful study of poetry. Topics are generated by student interest and program need and may focus on a specific poet, a poetic aesthetic, the long/sequenced poem, the sonnet across time, project books, mixed-media and poetry, resistance poetry, prize-winners, translation, etc. Students will have the opportunity to write their own poems as well as explore issues in poetry such as tension, voice, lineation, syntax, sound, revelation, magnitude, historical and cultural contexts, etc. in both poems and craft articles. This variable topics course is repeatable (but not the topic) for both required and elective credit. Repeatable (but not the topic) for both required and elective credit.
3 credits
Spring
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CW 220 - Reading as Writers/Fiction
Prerequisites: CW 120 or instructor permission
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills requirement in the major and the minor
Delivery: Lec/Lab
Primarily seminar with some studio
In this course, students will learn to “read as writers.” Through studying a diverse range of contemporary fiction writers, students will learn to read a work through the lens of a practitioner, working to identify and model the various technical craft elements of the selected works. This class helps students bridge the critical analysis of the writing process with the development of their own writing skills. Students will be exposed to works of recent acclaim, primarily those works that have met with success in the past decade. This variable topics course is repeatable(but not the topic) for both required and elective credit. Repeatable(but not the topic) for both required and elective credit.
3 credits
Fall
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CW 230 - Reading as Writers/Nonfiction
Prerequisites: CW 120 or instructor permission
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills requirement in CW major and minor.
Delivery: Lec/Lab
In this course, students will learn to “read as writers.” Through studying a diverse range of contemporary writers, students will learn to read a work through the lens of a practitioner, working to identify and model the various technical craft elements of the selected works. Focus in this course is in creative nonfiction: memoir, immersion, personal essay, and literary journalism. This class helps students bridge the critical analysis of the writing process with the development of their own writing skills. Students will be exposed to works of recent acclaim, primarily those works that have met with success in the past decade. This variable topics course is repeatable (but not the topic) for both required and elective credit
3 credits
Fall
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CW 241 - Introduction to Playwriting
Prerequisites: None
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Creative Writing Core Concentration
All creative writers can benefit from studying playwriting by learning how to advance a plot through dialogue. This course will engage in a critical study of major contemporary playwrights, such as, David Mamet, Sam Shepherd, Eugene O’Neill, Tony Kushner, and August Wilson. Through that study, students will learn how to take the essential dramatic elements (dialogue, characterization, structure) and craft original monologues and scenes, culminating in an original one-act play.
3 credits
Spring
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CW 310 - Poetry Studio
Prerequisites: CW 110 or CW 120 or instructor permission
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a requirement in the CW major and minor.
Delivery: Studio
Poetry Studio intensively focuses on the study and making of poetry while emphasizing the relationships between new work, revision practice, and conversation linking the two. The course relies on student work, discussion, and development of that work as the primary text, with strategy-building articles, essays, exercises, and examples supplementing as appropriate. The studio is a place to experiment, explore, take risks, and otherwise challenge oneself as a poet aware of an audience and conscious of cultivating care with decisions regarding language. The Poetry Studio is a semester-long, repeatable course that builds the student’s final portfolio through applied, developmental practice. Repeatable: Yes
3 credits
Spring
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CW 320 - Fiction Studio
Prerequisites: CW 110 or CW 120 or instructor permission
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a requirement in the CW major and minor.
Delivery: Studio
Fiction Studio is a semester-long, repeatable workshop in which students, led by a faculty writer, conceive, create, share, and revise work. The emphasis here is on the student writer building a body of creative work, strengthening skills, and learning more about the particular methods and tools for success in fiction writing. Student writers will offer and receive feedback to and from peers. Work created in this environment will go toward the final portfolio of work each student will complete as a requirement of the degree. Successive studios will not only continue to build skills, but will study, through a rotation of topics, various genres of fiction writing. Repeatable:Yes
3 credits
Fall
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CW 330 - Nonfiction Studio
Prerequisites: CW 110 or CW 120 or instructor permission
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills requirement in CW major and minor.
Delivery: Studio
Nonfiction Writing Studio is a semester-long, repeatable workshop in which students, led by a faculty writer, conceive, create, share, and revise work. The emphasis here is on the student writer building a body of creative work, strengthening skills, and learning more about the particular methods and tools for success in nonfiction writing. Student writers will offer and receive feedback to and from peers. Work created in this environment will go toward the final portfolio of work each student will complete as a requirement of the degree. Successive studios will not only continue to build skills, but will study, through a rotation of topics, various genres of nonfiction writing. In Nonfiction Studio, those might include but are not limited to Memoir, Autobiography and Biography, Literary Journalism and Immersion/Experiential Writing. Repeatable:Yes
3 credits
Fall
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CW 340 - Screenwriting Studio
Prerequisites: CW 110 or CW 120 or instructor permission
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills requirement in CW major and minor.
Delivery: Studio
Screenwriting Studio covers some of the basics of writing for the screen, including elements of conceptualization, shooting, editing and finishing of a short film on a subject of the student’s choosing. Students work on dialog, plotting and scene-building, toward a final project of a 15-to-30-minute short film script. Includes some viewing of short films. Successive studios will not only continue to build skills, but will study, through a rotation of topics, screenwriting. Repeatable: Yes
3 credits
Spring
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CW 345 - Advocacy Seminar
Prerequisites: WTNG 102
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Creative Writing Core Concentration
This is a faculty-supervised experiential project-based advocacy course on behalf of detained, imprisoned or missing scholars and/or writers. Projects and skills include research on human rights, academic freedom and global culture, writing (e.g. case dossiers and letters), public presentations, governmental relations. Cases for the class typically extend beyond a single semester. This course can be repeated for elective credit.
1 - 3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CW 410 - Creative Writing Independent Study
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CW 430 - Special Topics
Prerequisites: A 200 or 300 level Writing course; CW 210 , and CW 220
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Creative Writing Core Concentration.
To enhance the variety of upper level offerings, this breadth course studies specific subjects that are outside the standard creative writing curriculum. Topics offered on a rotating basis include, but are not limited to the following: Adaptation: From Words to Pictures; Linguistics for the Writer; Nonfiction Sports Writing; Humorous Nonfiction; A Life’s Work: Studying a Major Writer; Region and Craft: How Place Shapes Writing. The course but not the topic may be repeated for credit
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CW 450 - Literary Publishing
Prerequisites: At least second semester sophomore status
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills requirement in CW major, minor, and concentration.
Note: N/A
Delivery: Studio
This course offers students opportunities to develop and apply real-world skills in publishing towards the production of a high-quality national art & literary magazine. This class seeks dedicated students from across disciplines to be responsible for all levels of magazine production from maintaining up-to-date records, and designing ad copy, print magazine layout, and a Web site, to slushing submissions, proofreading, copy editing, corresponding with authors, and distributing the final product. Through demonstrated achievement and commitment, students may rise through the following ranks over time: Editorial Assistant, Assistant Poetry Editor, Assistant Fiction Editor, Assistant Production Editor, Managing Editor. This course may be taken more than once for credit.
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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CW 451 - Human Rights Advocacy Seminar
Prerequisites: WTNG 102
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a requirement in the CW major and minor.
Delivery: Studio
This is a faculty-supervised experiential project-based advocacy course on behalf of detained, imprisoned or missing scholars and/or writers. Projects and skills include research on human rights, academic freedom and global culture, writing (e.g. case dossiers and letters), public presentations, governmental relations. Cases for the class typically extend beyond a single semester. This course can be repeated for elective credit.
Fall and Spring
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CW 480 - Creative Writing Capstone
Prerequisites: CW-major senior status or instructor permission
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a requirement in the CW major.
Delivery: Lec/Lab
The Creative Writing Capstone brings the members of the graduating class of creative writing majors together in a culminating community-centered experience that is a combination seminar-studio. The Capstone provides students the opportunity to discuss and participate in the writing life at an elevated level, duly representative of their course of study in the major. While students will work on their respective creative projects, the class does not distinguish among poetry, prose, or screenwriting. The Capstone prepares students for public presentation of their creative work, guides in articulating matters of craft and aesthetics, and assists with professional practice and career preparation. The culminating artifacts will be the final portfolio and the public reading.
3 credits
Spring
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CJS 105 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: None
An overview of the American criminal justice system. Discusses in detail the individual components of the criminal justice system, including the police, the courts, and corrections. Designed not only to provide basic understanding of our legal system, but also to provoke thinking on key legal and criminal justice issues such as the death penalty and mandatory sentencing laws.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CJS 150 - Policing in America
Prerequisites: None
Review of the history of policing and police functioning, with regard to contemporary social issues. Special focus on related research into police functioning.
3 credits
Spring
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CJS 200 - Introduction to Criminalistics
Prerequisites: None
Offered only through the School of Continuing Studies. Instruction in the collection and preservation of physical evidence found at a crime scene.
3 credits
Fall, Spring
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CJS 201 - Substantive Criminal Law
Prerequisites: CJS 105
An introductory analysis of substantive criminal law, emphasizing common law and modern statutory applications of criminal law. Course topics include the nature of substantive law, the distinction between the criminal and civil justice systems, the elements of crimes, and the essential components of crimes including wrongful criminal acts (actus reus), criminal intent (mens rea), causation and harm. This course also considers the insanity defense, entrapment and several other defenses to crimes that are used in the U.S. legal system.
3 credits
Fall
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CJS 203 - Criminal Procedure
Prerequisites: CJS 105 or permission of instructor
Considers the development of procedural due process in the United States. Analyzes in detail United States Supreme Court decisions in Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment cases. Course topics include search and seizure, the right to be free from self-incrimination, double jeopardy, the right to counsel, the right to a speedy and public trial, and other aspects of procedural due process.
3 credits
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CJS 204 - Constitutional Law
Prerequisites: CJS 105 or LS 101
An analysis of civil liberties and civil rights in the United States. Course topics include religious liberty, free speech, equal protection of law, the right to privacy, and due process of law.
3 credits
Spring
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CJS 207 - Law and Family
Prerequisites: CJS 105
The course examines the nature of the relationship between the law and families in the United States. The course focuses on an analysis of how the law structures marital and familial relationships and how, in turn, society’s changing definitions and conceptions of marriage and family impacts both criminal and civil law. The course examines the proper boundaries of state intervention in people’s most private relationships and highlights how family law and changes in family law both shape and reflect some of society’s most strongly held social values. Topics include marital privacy, child-parent relationships, divorce, child support and custody, domestic violence, and intra-family crime.
3 credits
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CJS 210 - Law of Evidence
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 201
An analysis of common law and the rules of evidence applicable in criminal cases including presumptions and inferences, direct and circumstantial evidence, relevance, the hearsay rule and its exceptions, character evidence, and the rape shield statutes.
3 credits
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CJS 212 - Police Community Relations
Prerequisites: CJS 150 ; ANSOC 105 recommended
An analysis of the theory, procedures and practices associated with the police functions of service, maintenance of order, and crime reduction within the community. Topics include the role of the police in a changing society, police discretion, and community relations in the context of our changing culture.
3 credits
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CJS 216 - Organized Crime
Prerequisites: CJS 105
An in-depth study of organized crime in the United States. Examines sociological theories and trends in an attempt to understand the reasons for the existence of organized crime. Attention also given to policies and practices of law enforcement in response to organized crime.
3 credits
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CJS 218 - Comparative Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: CJS 105 ; or consent of instructor
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills an Elective requirement for the major in Criminal Justice.
This course adopts a comparative perspective in the examination of criminal justice systems in several countries. By comparing criminal justice systems outside the U.S. with our own criminal justice system, students become aware of the wide range of legal traditions that exist across the world, and come to understand the impact that history, culture and tradition have on the development of substantive and procedure criminal law. The course also examines the impact of international and transnational crime on society, and the increasing need for international cooperation in addressing crimes such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, and terrorism. The course also introduces students to the International Criminal Court, and its role in prosecuting states and individuals accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
3 credits
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CJS 254 - Survey of Methods in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: CJS 105
This course is an introduction to the methodology, design, and research techniques used in the fields of criminal justice and criminology. Course topics include sampling, research designs, ethical considerations in research, survey construction, interviewing and proposal writing.
Spring
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CJS 305 - Drugs, Society, and Behavior
Prerequisites: CJS 105
Issues related to the use and abuse of drugs in American society. Topics include effects of drugs on the human nervous system; addictions and their treatments; legalization; the social and political meanings of abuse, addiction, rehabilitation; and education/prevention methodologies.
3 credits
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CJS 307 - Violence and the Family
Prerequisites: CJS 105
This course examines the historical roots of domestic violence, society’s evolving responses and costs of domestic violence as well as the role of the criminal justice field.
3 credits
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CJS 308 - Criminology
Prerequisites: CJS 105
Examines classical and contemporary criminological theories, their historical development and empirical basis, as well as their significance to the criminal justice process and the rehabilitation, deterrence, processing, and punishment of offenders.
3 credits
Fall
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CJS 320 - Civil and Criminal Procedure in the US Courts
Prerequisites: None
This course examines the history, traditions, philosophy and ethical dilemmas underlying the courts in the United States justice system. Students will be introduced to: the origins and developments of the United States courts; the issues of subject matter and geographic jurisdiction of the state and federal courts, the dynamics of the courthouse workgroups consisting of attorneys, judges, and litigants; and the processes related to the prosecution of criminal and civil cases in federal and state courts.
3 credits
Spring
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CJS 322 - Police Administration
Prerequisites: None
Offered only through the School of Continuing Studies. Principles of administration, management, organization structure, and the responsibilities and interrelationships of administrative and line-and-staff services. Analyzes the functional divisions of a modern police operation in its application to the public safety needs of the community, consideration of alternative and comparative models of law enforcement organization.
3 credits
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CJS 330 - Corrections in the United States
Prerequisites: CJS 105 ; or consent of instructor
Current correctional thought and practices in the United States, the evolution of modern correctional practices in the United States, and an overview of correctional treatment in different types of institutions and in the community.
3 credits
Fall
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CJS 331 - Special Problems in Corrections Administration
Prerequisites: CJS 330
Problems in developing correctional programs within the institution and in the community. Topics include prisons and prisoners; old and new prison designs; the emerging rights of prisoners; the development of community corrections as a new expression of the community’s concern for the incarcerated; and specialized kinds of programs for persons who are in need of supportive services while their freedom of movement is denied.
3 credits
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CJS 332 - Community Based Corrections
Prerequisites: CJS 330
Addresses the origins, features, and problems associated with probation and parole as background to the presentation of model programs. Topics include investigation and classification of participants; community protection rehabilitation; rules of supervision; and the benefits and drawbacks of these systems; intermediate interdiction programs, including intensive supervision, electronic monitoring, community service systems, and shock incarceration projects.
3 credits
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CJS 342 - Legal Psychology
Prerequisites: PSYCH 100 and CJS 105
The application of social science research methods and psychological knowledge to contemporary issues in the criminal justice system. Topics include: eyewitness memory, scientific jury selection, police identification procedures, jury decision making, credibility of witness testimony, the social scientist as an expert witness, and research methods used by legal psychologists.
3 credits
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CJS 402 - Women and the Criminal Justice System
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 308
A detailed study of crime and justice as it pertains to the female offender. Examines the variations and patterns in female criminality, women’s victimization, and women’s experiences in the criminal justice system as victims, offenders and employees, and theoretical interpretations of female criminality.
3 credits
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CJS 403 - Juvenile Justice
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 308 ; CJS 320 recommended
Addresses problems and issues pertaining to youth offenders and how they are processed by the police, courts, and corrections. Features the interrelatedness of theory, policies and practices, as well as assessment of their long-range impact on procedures. Focuses on the intake and court process; nominal and conditional sanctions to include community-based intervention; diversion; probation; and custodial sanctions through juvenile correctional systems.
3 credits
Fall
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CJS 405 - Introduction to Criminal Investigation
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 201
An overview of criminal investigative techniques. This course will explore the lawful reconstruction and successful investigation of a crime using three primary sources of information: physical evidence, records, and people. Areas of study include: investigating crimes against persons and property, crime scene evidence, witness interviews and interrogations, case preparation, and the role of the investigator in the judicial process.
3 credits
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CJS 406 - Crime and Punishment
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 308
A historical overview of the ways in which people have been punished for their crimes. Special focus will be given to the theoretical foundations of punishment, methods of punishment, famous criminals, and the death penalty.
3 credits
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CJS 407 - Terrorism
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 308
This course will cover all aspects of terrorism. It will explore anti- and counter-terrorism methods in depth. Topics will include the organization and operation of terrorists, their goals, financing, exploration and the role of the media. An in-depth examination of the most violent terrorist acts will allow students to gain insight and knowledge of how the acts occurred as well as the errors made that could have prevented them. It will include acts of domestic terrorism including the Bombing of the World Trade Center, Murrah Federal Building, and the violence that is occurring in schools. The class will follow events as they occur and examine the predictions of experts.
3 credits
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CJS 408 - Social Justice
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 106
Social Justice investigates the relationships among and between social policy, the concept of justice and the practice of the criminal justice system. This course examines how social policy pursues different potential visions of social justice and how those visions are defined. Race, ethnicity, gender, power and marginalization issues will be addressed, particularly with regard to how those realities are affected by and how they affect the criminal justice system. Inequality and the relatively new concept of restorative justice will be examined as a means of addressing both real and perceived inequities within the criminal justice system.
3 credits
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CJS 410 - Independent Study
Prerequisites: None
Students may choose to work independently with a Criminal Justice faculty member on a topic chosen by the student and the faculty member. This work may involve directed reading and weekly meetings and/or an intensive directed research project.
3 credits
Special Offering
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CJS 420 - Justice Studies Capstone
Cross-Listed with: LS 420
Prerequisites: Senior standing or permission of the instructor
This is a Capstone course for the justice studies major. Students integrate knowledge of theoretical concepts and practical application of research methods, writing for the legal and criminal justice professions, and selected specialty areas in the law and criminal justice through assigned readings, seminar discussion, and the completion of assigned projects.
3 credits
Spring
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CJS 424 - Securing the Homeland
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 106 , CJS 308 or consent of instructor
Critical analysis of homeland security perspectives, practices, and strategies through a broad review of systemic social (dis)organization including the criminal justice role, education/training, media, and community processes.
3 credits
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CJS 426 - Disaster Management and Relief
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 106 , CJS 308 , CJS 424 , or consent of the instructor
Review of the best international practices employed in managing disaster and providing relief from terrorist or other criminal attacks. Scientifically informed approaches toward individual and community response, and government/law enforcement challenges and successes will be examined.
3 credits
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CJS 427 - Youth Gangs
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , CJS 308 or permission of instructor
This course is intended to give students a foundation in core issues related to the topic of youth gangs in the United States. The course will provide students with a historical perspective of gangs; identify the challenges associated with defining gangs, and the related challenges with measuring the prevalence of gangs and gang crime in the United States. The course will also cover theoretical explanations for the causes of gangs and the effectiveness of different system responses intended to prevent gangs.
3 credits
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CJS 428 - Crime Prevention
Prerequisites: CJS 105 , or URBN 100
This course will examine the theoretical basis and application of crime prevention techniques, with an emphasis on routine activity theory, rational choice, crime patterns, defensible space, crime prevention through environmental design and situational crime prevention. A wide range of problems and potential solutions will be explored. The strengths, weaknesses, and ethics of crime prevention approaches will also be assessed.
3 credits
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CJS 429 - Criminal Law Cases and Controversies
Prerequisites: CJS 201
This course is a seminar on current topics in the criminal law. By focusing on criminal cases that are before the courts and criminal laws that are the subject of legislative activity, the course gives students an opportunity to apply their knowledge of crime to factual situations that are in the news. It also examines the extent to which criminal laws impact individual behavior and public policy. Students are expected to have a basic understanding of substantive criminal law.
3 credits
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CJS 430 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: None
Study of special topics in criminal justice.
3 credits
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CJS 450 - Research in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: None
This course is open to students pursuing research on a specific topic in criminal justice. Students may work on an existing/ongoing faculty-led project or may work on an original, student-led project. Permission of criminal justice faculty research advisor is required to register for this course. This course may be repeated for credit
1-3 credits
Offered on demand.
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CJS 469 - Justice Studies Practicum
Prerequisites: Completion of 60 credits and consent of internship coordinator
The Justice Studies Practicum is a combined field experience and academic seminar course, in which the field component is oriented toward the student’s career and professional development while the academic component requires students to relate their conceptual classroom learning to practical application in the field. This course may be taken for a maximum of six credit hours and is open to Criminal Justice and Legal Studies majors.
3 credits
Fall, Spring, Summer
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CJS 501 - Criminal Justice System Overview
Prerequisites: None
An analysis of the criminal justice system in the United States, focusing on the police, the courts and the corrections system. Controversial issues facing the justice system are considered in detail.
3 credits
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CJS 503 - Survey of Research Methods
Prerequisites: None
An introduction to methodology, design and research techniques in the behavioral sciences. Course topics include sampling theory, hypothesis development and theory construction.
3 credits
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CJS 505 - Legal Issues in the United States Justice System
Prerequisites: None
An overview and analysis of the most important legal issues in the U.S. Justice System. Topics include constitutional law, criminal law, corrections law, and administrative law.
3 credits
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CJS 509 - Crime and Public Policy
Prerequisites: None
A critical analysis of crime control policies in the United States. Course topics include a discussion of the policy-making process in the criminal justice system and recent crime control trends.
3 credits
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CJS 510 - Constitutional Issues in Criminal Law
Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on the rights of suspects in criminal procedures. A detailed analysis of individual rights under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution is developed.
3 credits
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CJS 511 - Criminological Theory
Prerequisites: None
An intensive overview and analysis of the major criminology theories. Beginning with 18th and 19th century theorists this course focuses primarily on the evolution of sociological constructions of criminality.
3 credits
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CJS 512 - Victimology
Delivery: Lecture
This course will provide an in-depth look into the causes, correlates, and dynamics of victimization as a field of study within criminology. Topics include the examination of victimization patterns and trends, victim assistance and the rights of crime victims in the criminal justice system. Special focus will be given to victims of domestic violence, school and workplace violence, and white collar crime. Policy implications of patterns and trends will also be discussed.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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CJS 513 - Analysis of Criminal Justice Data
Prerequisites: CJS 503
An introduction to statistical analysis in the behavioral sciences. The practical application of various analytical techniques to the social science research process is emphasized.
3 credits
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CJS 514 - Race and Gender in the Criminal Justice System
Delivery: Lecture
The purpose of this course is to extend our knowledge about crime and the justice process as it specifically relates to issues of gender and race. There are many perceptions, some true some not, of women and various racial groups in terms of crimes committed, patterns of victimization, and overall treatment within the criminal justice system. Through course readings and discussions, students should gain a greater understanding of the issues and variations with gender and race and how each influences criminal behavior and victimization rates as well as be able to identify strategies to address related issues.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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CJS 515 - Psychological Factors in Crime Causation
Prerequisites: None
A discussion of the psychological, psychoanalytic and social factors that produce deviant behavior. Techniques of social control, treatment and the prevention of social deviance are also considered.
3 credits
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CJS 516 - Legal Issues in Personnel Administration
Prerequisites: None
An analysis of legal issues facing the contemporary justice system agency administrator, including labor-management relations. Additional course topics include employment discrimination, sexual harassment.
3 credits
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CJS 517 - Correctional Systems and Practices
Prerequisites: None
An examination of contemporary issues in correctional administration. This course presents an analysis of various theories of penology, as well as corrections policy formulation and the administration of corrections agencies., employee drug testing and vicarious liability.
3 credits
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CJS 518 - Special Problems in Criminal Justice Management
Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on special problems facing the modem justice system agency administrator. A case study format is often used to emphasize the practical nature of this course. Students are encouraged to develop novel solutions to the dilemmas facing justice system administrators.
3 credits
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CJS 519 - The Juvenile Justice System
Prerequisites: None
An examination and analysis of the juvenile justice system. Particular attention is directed to the development of juvenile justice system policy and the treatment of juvenile offenders in the contemporary justice system.
3 credits
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CJS 520 - The Death Penalty
Delivery: Lecture
In this course we will examine the various legal and social issues which surround the ultimate sanction in our criminal justice system: the death penalty. Special focus will be given to super due process, exemptions from execution, the roles of the prosecutor, defense and jury, innocence, and discrimination.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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CJS 521 - Advanced Issues in Policing
Delivery: Lecture
This course is a survey course of critical issues facing contemporary police. The course provides in depth coverage of questions of history, the role of police in contemporary communities, theoretical views on the police and communities, understanding and controlling deviance by police, and concepts of innovation in the police mission. This course adopts a critical approach to understanding the complex role of police in democratic communities.
3 credits
Special Offerings
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CJS 523 - Organized Criminal Enterprises
Prerequisites: None
This course presents a detailed analysis of organized crime in the U.S. Course topics include the history of organized crime, transitions in the structure of organized crime, justice system responses to organized crime, relevant statutory, law, and modern techniques used to investigate criminal enterprises.
3 credits
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CJS 524 - Homeland Security
Prerequisites: None
Review of the historic and current law enforcement functions, role, education/training, and community-oriented approaches to scientific risk assessment and preparedness in the context of homeland security.
3 credits
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CJS 526 - Managing Crisis and Disaster
Prerequisites: None
Coverage of international crisis and disaster; criminal justice agencies’ post-crisis/disaster response is investigated as are efforts to address the management of practitioner and community recovery.
3 credits
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CJS 527 - Violence and the Family
Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on the problem of domestic violence in the United States. The causes of domestic violence and the various treatment modalities developed for offenders are analyzed. The recent movement to require the arrest and incarceration of those suspected of domestic violence is considered.
3 credits
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CJS 528 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: None
Faculty and students select specific, contemporary justice system issues for detailed analysis. This course may be retaken to a maximum of six credits hours, provided the topic is different each time.
3 credits
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CJS 529 - Directed Research in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: Faculty member and Dean’s approval
This course is designed for graduate students who have demonstrated the ability to conduct individual research involving specific justice system issues. Students must have the approval of a faculty member and the Dean of the School of Justice Studies prior to enrolling in this course. It may be retaken to a maximum of six credit hours.
3 credits
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CJS 530 - Women and Crime
Prerequisites: None
The purpose of this course is to extend our knowledge about crime and the justice process as it pertains to the female offender. More specifically, this course examines variations and patterns in female criminality, women’s victimization, and women’s experiences in the Criminal Justice system as victims and offenders, theoretical interpretations of crime and victimization, and women in policing, the legal profession, and corrections.
3 credits
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CJS 531 - Witnesses, Suspects and Investigative Interviewing
Prerequisites: None
This course involves the study of human behavior within the American legal and criminal justice systems, focusing on the study of social, cognitive, developmental and clinical psychology as applied to these systems. This course will primarily address memory issues and investigative interviewing of witnesses and criminal suspects.
3 credits
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CJS 532 - Psychology and the Legal System
Prerequisites: None
This course involves the study of human behavior within the American legal and criminal justice systems, focusing primarily on the study of social, cognitive, developmental and clinical psychology as applied to these systems. This course will address a variety of legal psychology topics, including forensic issues (e.g., insanity, competency, child custody, criminal profiling), jury issues (e.g., pretrial publicity, nullification, selection), and punishment issues (e.g., prisons, death penalty, sex offenders).
3 credits
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CJS 533 - Crime Prevention
Prerequisites: None
This course will examine the theoretical basis and application of crime prevention techniques, with an emphasis on routine activity theory, rational choice, crime patterns, defensible space, crime prevention through experimental design and situational crime prevention. A wide range of problems and potential solutions will be explored. The strengths, weaknesses, practicality, policy challenges, and ethics of crime prevention approaches will also be assessed. Further, this course will include a close examination of the methodological issues surrounding the evaluation of crime prevention research studies.
3 credits
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CJS 534 - Youth Gangs
Prerequisites: None
This course is intended to give students a foundation in core issues related to the topic of youth gangs in the United States. This course will place the problems of gangs and youth violence in a broader historical context that allows the students to fully understand macro-level causes of problems, but also responses to problems. The course will also cover the key theoretical perspectives traditionally used to explain the development and continuation of gangs in communities across the United States. Finally, the will provide in-depth coverage of the policy responses traditionally used to combat gangs and why such strategies are generally found to have limited effectiveness. The course will encourage students to consider all of these issues when crafting public policy responses to ‘gang problems.’
3 credits
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CJS 539 - Advanced Issues in Criminal Justice Policy
Prerequisites: CJS 501 , CJS 503 , CJS 505 , CJS 510 & CJS 511
The purpose of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the policy making process. Students will be expected to understand how to identify pressing criminal justice policy issues, understand how to conduct a thorough problem analysis, and devise a research-based initiative intended to create planned change.
3 credits
Summer
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CJS 540 - Digital Forensics Hardware and Acquisition
Prerequisites: None
This course provides an introduction to types of computer hardware and the techniques involved in digital forensic acquisition of evidence for use in court, civil matters, and other forms of investigation. The course focuses on behavior, chain of custody, documentation, and preparation of evidence as well as the use of common tools to acquire forensic images of media in both laboratory and crime scene type environments.
3 credits
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